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BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT.

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ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. HAZEL,

BUTTON-SETTIN OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,411 dated December29, 1885.

Application filed May 1, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HAZEL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSetting-Instruments for Attaching Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improvedsetting-instrument for attaching. buttons to shoes and other articles ofapparelloy means of a staple-fastening,.the peculiar construction andarrangement of the upper and lower jaws of said instrument being such asto prevent the possibility of the button and staple, while beingsecured, slipping out of their position in the slot of upper jaw, andalso to insure the proper clinching of said staple by under jaw; and itconsists, essentially, in forming through the face of the upper jaw anelongated slot, the longer portion of which extends partly across theface of said jaw, the forming of a slotted spring to correspond, and informing in the face of the under jaw a die having corrugations arrangedone on each side of the longitudinal center of said jaw, all of whichwill be more fully shown in the drawings, set forth in thespecification, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myinvention; Fig. 2, the detachable portion of the upper jaw, showing theelongated slot; Fig. 3, the spring with a slot in it to correspond withthat made in the upper jaw, as shown in Fig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5,modifications of slot shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents the outer endof under jaw, showing the shape of and location of the corrugations ofthe die. Fig. 7 represents a perspective View of the complete die inunder jaw. Fig. 8 represents the face of the upper jaw, which is beveledin front, and slot concaved on its under side from shoulder to rear.Fig. 9 represents a modified form of the spring shown in Fig. 3, andFig. 10 a fastening which may be employed in connection with theinstrument shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate like parts in theseveral drawings.

My improved setting instrument in its preferred form is constructed withthe upper jaw,

A, and lower j aw, B, which are pivoted together Serial No. 93,638. (Nomodel.)

and operated by the handles 0 D in a manner well known. The upper jaw,A, ispreferably 1nadedetachable,as showninFig.2of drawings, so that itsstrength may be increased by being hardened. Itis then attached by meansof the screws a a, as shown. The front portion, A, of said upperjaw,which holds the button and fastening in position for the clinchingprocess, is upon its upper outer face made concave from front to rear,and is provided with an elongated slot, 6 e, the longer portion of whichpreferably extends diagonally across the face of jaw A, and its shorterportion parallel to the length of said jaw, forming at e a shoulder,against which the button-eye rests. When the fastening and button areattached and placed in their position in said slot, the shoulder 6, withthe aid of that in the springF of Fig. 3, which is slotted to correspondwith that in the jaw A, together with the spring resting against theouter and upper part of the concave A, securely holds said button andfastening in their proper position. The front part of jaw A on its faceis beveled upward, and from the lower end of said bevel at the shouldere of slot 0 back the length of said slot it is hollowed out to fit theloop of the fastening, which may be arranged with a vertical wall bothfront and rear of hollow portion a or it may extend to lower end ofbevel with vertical wall in rear only, as preferred. The outer end ofthe lower jaw, B, is beveled upon its inner upper face to partlycorrespond with the beveled portion of the upper jaw, A, and has cuttherein a die consisting of angular corrugations H H, arranged one oneach side of the longitudinal center of said lower jaw. Thesecorrugations extend the entire length of the beveled portion of theinner face of the jaw 13, and are continued rearward a suitabledistance, as shown by Fig. 7. The lower jaw, B, is beveled upon itsinner upper face partly to correspond with the front bevel of the faceof the upper jaw, A, so that when the fastening is forced through thefabric and its prongs do not stand perpendicular, which often occurswhen the instrument is in the hands of inexperienced persons, the prongswill slide down edgewise the said inclined die until its base isreached, when an impulsive pressure upon the handles 0 D forces theprongs of the fastening in opposite directions,

which arrangement compels the fastening to clinch properly at the baseof the die H, which is immediately under where the button rests.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of drawings I show modifications of Fig. 2, with theslot 6 entering the upper jaw, A, at its side, which construction may beemployed, if desirable, without departing from the spirit of myinvention, as may also the modified form of the spring of Fig. 2 shownin Fig. 9 of drawings.

My object in making the corrugations H H of the die partly beveled is topermit the fastening to remain straight in its prongs while sliding downthe longer portion of said die, and then by increased pressure to forceits ends hard up against or into the under side of the fabric,whichgives the prongs ashorter turn, and consequently fixes them more flatlyand securely than others that curl up from the time they strike a die ofother form.

In constructing my instrument, the die H may be made in the under jaw,B, without the inclined portion shown at the extreme end of said jaw, ifpreferred; but the beveled part 9 in upper jaw, A, is necessary in orderto admit the free passage of .the button and fastening into the slot 6c.

Having fully described my invention and the mannerof using the same,what Iclaim as being provided with concavities, as at e parallel withthe part 6 of its slot, in combination in a direction parallel with thelength of said jaw, the spring F, slotted to correspond with the jaw A,and the jaw B, beveled upon its upper inner face and provided with a dieconsisting of the angular corrugations H H, substantially as set forth.

3. A button-setting instrument consisting of an upper jaw, A, beveledupward at its outer end, 9, and provided with an elongated slot, thelonger portion eof which slot extends diagonally in a direction acrossthe face of said jaw, and the shorter portion 6 in the direction of thelength of said jaw, a correspondingly-slotted spring, F, and a lower jawhaving in its inner upper face a die consisting of angular corrugationsH H, arranged one on each side of the longitudinal center of said lowerjaw, substantially as specified.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this th day of April, A. D. 1883.

WM. M. HAZEL. WVitnesses:

Enw. WM. FRANCIS, GEO. H. HANKS.

